WEBVTT THE PEDESTRIAN TACKLED TO THEGROUND BY A POLICE OFFICER FORALLEGEDL JAYWALKING SAYS HESUFFERED A BROKEN NOSE AND ACONCUSSION AFTER HE WASREPEATEDLY PUNCHED BY THEOFFICER.>> I AM HERE TO GET JUSTICE ANDMAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE ISSERVED.ALSO TO MAKE SURE THIS DOESN'THAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.MIKE: THE INCIDENT WAS CAPTUREDON THE PATROL CARS DASHCAMVIDEO.HE IS SUING THE POLICEDEPARTMENT A CITY OFSACRAMENTO CLAIMING HE WASRACIALLY PROFILE.RACISM IS STILL ALIVE.YOU WOULD THINK IT IS 2017 THATIT WOULD DIE.BUT, IT STILL EXISTS.MIKE HIS LEGAL TEAM CLAIMS THATAFRICAN-AMERICANS IN SACRAMENTOARE DISPROPORTIONATELY STOPPEDFOR A JAYWALKING COMPARED TOOTHER ETHNIC GROUPS.THEY WANT THE OFFICER TO SUFFERCONSEQUENCES FOR THISALTERCATION.>> WE BELIEVE THIS OFFICERSHOULD BE TERMINATED,IMMEDIATELY.ALSO, THAT DEPARTMENT ITSELFSHOULD TAKE A REAL CLOSE LOOK ATTHE USE OF FORCE.MIKE: TWO WEEKS AGO THESACRAMENTO POLICE PLACED OFFICERFIGARO A ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVEAND CALL THE VIDEO TROUBLING.BUT THEY DECLINED TO COMMENT ONTODAY'S LAWSUIT, WHICH ALSOINVOLVES ALLEGATIONS THAT CAINWAS ABUSED WHILE HE WAS BOOKEDIN THE COUNTY JAIL.>> THIS WAS A MAN WHO WAS GOINGHOME FROM WORK, TAKEN INTO JAIL,THROWN ON THE GROUND, RESTRAINEDBY SEVERAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTDEPUTIES, AS WELL AS TH OFFICER.STRIPPED OF HIS CLOSE, FORCIBLYHAD HIS CLOSE RIPPED OFF OF HISPERSON.MIKE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HADTHIS RESPONSE TO THE LAWSUIT.>> I WANT TO REITERATE THATTHESE ARE ONLY ALLEGATIONSBEFORE PEOPLE JUMP TO

A lawyer for a Sacramento man who was hurled to the ground and punched repeatedly in the face by a police officer filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and county of Sacramento.

The lawsuit alleges that Nandi Cain Jr. was abused in jail after his arrest,"forcefully stripped naked and forced to the ground while multiple officers continued to abuse and degrade the defenseless man."

After Cain was released he came home "to learn that his battery and public humiliation had gone viral, including footage of Mr. Cain crying in the back of the police car," according to the lawsuit.

"I'm here to get justice and to make sure justice is served and to make sure that this doesn't happen to anyone else," Cain said Monday, alongside his attorney John Burris, at a news conference in Del Paso Heights. "Racism is still alive. And you wouldn't think that in 2017 -- that it would die. But it still exists."

Cain refused and took off his jacket as he challenged the officer to a fight, according to the police department. However, Cain argued that he took off his jacket to show the officer that he was not armed.

Video from a police dash camera showed the officer throwing Cain to the ground and punching him while he was down. Cain said he suffered a broken nose and a concussion.

The police officer, named in the lawsuit as Anthony Figueroa, has been with the department for two years and was assigned to the inform patrol in north Sacramento. He has since been placed on administrative leave.

A camera inside the patrol car captured Cain acting aggressively after he was put into the vehicle.

Burris claims African Americans in Sacramento are disproportionately stopped for jaywalking, compared to other ethnic groups, and Cain's legal team wants Figueroa to suffer the consequences for the altercation.

"We believe this officer should be terminated immediately, and also the department itself should take a real close look at the use of force," Buttis said.

The Sacramento Police Department called the video troubling when it first came out, but declined to comment on the lawsuit.

In response to allegations of abuse at the Sacramento County Jail, the sheriff's department is waiting for an investigation.

"I want to reiterate that at this time, these are only allegations," sheriff's spokesman Tony Turnbull said. "And before people jump to conclusions, let the investigation take its course."